Sick Sick Sick and The Grandma

We have pretty much been sick for the last 2 weeks. We have had fevers, the throw ups, and that other nasty thing also. This along with lots of runny noses. Most everybody has just been feeling yucky. Most of us are getting ready to leave for someplace. Wayne and I were taking Addie and Nevin and going to Utah on Monday for a week. We are going to bless Dallas and Chelsea's baby and just visit for a week. Our plans have changed a little though. Rich's grandma died in California, so they are leaving on Monday also to go do funeral stuff. The last plans were that they are also going to Utah at the beginning of the week and then going over to California. Penny also wants to come, but we'll see. She has work next week. Addie has learned to crawl, and now she is really getting into trouble. She has been sick for about 3 weeks, and is still kind of grumpy. She is getting better, so hopefully she will get back to her normal funny self.

Rub a Dub Dub

3 monkeys in a tub

Conol loosing another front tooth

Addie all dressed up

Liam put on Emilie's glasses

Nevin making his own glasses

Addie going somewhere all dressed up

Poor Aiden after about 2 1/2 hours at the dentist

Nevin with a nose job

Chelsea and Marley

Dallas and Marley

Rich's grandma Leonicia. Everyone always refered to her as "Grandma". This pic was taken in July 2007. She turned 96 years a couple of weeks ago. She was the funniest little lady I ever saw. She was so spunky. I was privileged to spend 10 days with her in 2007 when I went to California to watch Rich and Ginger's kids. She was so funny. Her and Nevin used to fight and fight. He was always stealing her little walker and running off with it. She was sad at times because she missed her husband, and now she is with him again, so she is happy. She had a huge closet full of matched sets of clothes and tons of jewelry. She always wore it. When I first got to California, she came up to me crying. She said she needed to know the address of "this place" so she could call her husband and tell him where to pick her up. She said he had went to the airport to get the girls, but she had been moved to another place and didn't know where it was. She was insistant that I go outside and look up the address. She was having a melancholy moment. One day when I was cooking chicken nuggets for the kids she came in and took one (still frozen) and asked what it was. I told her and said they still needed to cook and she said that was okay, she'd eat it like that. Mind you, she had no teeth. She ate the whole thing. She would usually come in several times in the morning and announce "I work up and now I'm ready for breadfast" She usually ate "breakfast" 3 or 4 times every morning. She used to get up in the middle of the night and take all the clothes out of her closet and fold them on the bed. She never knew, in the morning, how they got on her bed and always denied that she did it. Chita said she used to pick up the kids clothes from around the house and fold them also. When she slept she curled up into a little ball. She was so tiny. I am so grateful that I was able to know her.

My dad's birthday & My son's birthday

Brandon was born on February 14, 1979. It was his grandpa Larry's 50th birthday. What a birthday present. His first grandson born on his birthday. We love Brandon and Tiff and their family very much. They have accomplished many things. They are the parents of 10 kids and they are doing a wonderful job. Brandon works very hard and so does Tiff. The kids are a hoot. Happy birthday Brandon.

Brandon right after he was born

Brandon when we lived in Missouri
Brandon when he was a little bigger
Brandon in junior high
Brandon with his dad at 4th of July in Heber
The new house that they bought is across the street.

My dad was born on Feb 14, 1929. After he was born, and when grandma was sleeping, 2 of grandma's sisters decided to name him Larry Valentino. They actually filled out the birth certificate and had it sent in. When grandma found out she hated it and had it officially changed to Larry Vance. I have copies of both birth certificates. He lived in Shumway his whole life. He was born there and he died there. His father passed away when he was only about 5 years old. It was hard on all of them. They had a tough life. He survived and he did it well. He did lots of stuff in his life. He went on a mission, served in the Navy, and did extensive traveling when he and mom were older. He lived a good life and we love him very much. We are sad since he (and mom) have gone, but we know we can see them again. Here are some pictures of him. I have many more, but just picked a few.

Bob and Dad

(This picture was taken right after their dad died)

Dad's mom Inez Perkins Muder

Dad's father Ed Muder

The 7 brothers at Mae's funeral

The Rock house Dad on a field trip Dad loved his yard

Dad on another field trip.

I love this picture

Dad and some of the kids

Dad with the crew in March of 2007 in Hawaii

He was sick, but didn't let us know how bad

Dad in March 2007 in Hawaii

Riding in his sand wheelchair (cool huh)

Dad and Cathy

Dad always loved to have a garden

Dad loved to measure his snow

Dad loved to fish when he was younger

Dad in the Navy somewhere

Dad and Santa

Dad and some of his girls when he was sick

Dad's senior picture

Dad's fish that he caught in Juneau, Alaska

Dad's card when he left on his mission in 1949

The Black Bart Picture (He got it when he worked at Bills Bar) One of dad's campaign cards

Dad's new flag flying at half mast the day he died

One of dad's Black Mesa Ranch signs by a tank in Korea I think

In a barracks somewhere

Dad in his Navy Uniform

New Technological Development

With Addie crawling (I use that term loosely) it has opened up a whole new world outside of my room, and also a set of stair to the immediate right. So I brought up a gate and put there. She immediately went to it and started crying. How did she know?

The new gate keeps Addie in

The new gate also keeps the other kids out. Ha Ha

Liam was rather traumatized.

Happy Birthday Ginger

It's Ginger's birthday today. I'll tell you only that she's a year younger than Michelle. Ginger has done a lot of stuff in her life and she has always had fun and been kind of funny too as you can see in some of the pictures. I think old pictures are fun. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Ginger at 3 months old

Ginger at 8 months old

Ginger at 7 months old
Ginger and Michelle in Jun 1979

Ginger and Michelle Jul 1979

Ginger in the toilet July 1979

Ginger in cute pony tails

Ginger with some toy she put together

Ginger with high hair

Ginger with high bangs

Ginger working at Pizza Hut

Ginger in High School

Ginger in high school again

Ginger graduating from Ben Lomond

Ginger reinlisting in the Navy in Hawaii

Ginger on the steel beach (John C. Stennis) 2007
Ginger and Rich getting married in Korea

Rich and Ginger and Conol

Rich, Ginger, Conol and Kael

Rich, Ginger, Conol, Kael, and Nevin

Rich, Ginger, Conol, Kael, Nevin and Adelaide (Maddie Addie)